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Foundation
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**Inherits:** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

This class exposes some common APIs from Apple's Foundation framework that can be used elsewhere.

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Methods
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   | :ref:`String<class_String>` | :ref:`uuid<class_Foundation_method_uuid>`\ (\ ) |static| |
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Method Descriptions
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.. _class_Foundation_method_uuid:

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:ref:`String<class_String>` **uuid**\ (\ ) |static| :ref:`🔗<class_Foundation_method_uuid>`

This creates a Foundation UUID and returns the string representation of it - you can then pass this to methods that expect a UUID.

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